I really can't reproduce that. I used MS Office since Office '97, and even Office 2000 on a Windows 98 machine loaded in about three seconds. Nowadays, with Off

I really can't reproduce that. I used MS Office since Office '97, and even Office 2000 on a Windows 98 machine loaded in about three seconds. Nowadays, with Office 2010 or newer you won't even see the splash screen anymore. Start menu -> click -> poof, application is there. Google Docs is nowhere near that.